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Several hundred women’s rights activists and supporters gathered outside France’s Justice Ministry in Paris as lawmakers began examining a proposed comprehensive law on sexual violence. Protesters chanted, held purple banners and called on authorities to ensure the legislation is adopted and backed by sufficient funding and resources. Placards at the demonstration included messages calling for greater protection for children and an end to sexual violence. The rally also drew political figures, including presidential candidates Marine Tondelier and Raphaël Glucksmann. Organisers say the proposed law should cover prevention, victim support, justice and follow-up for both victims and perpetrators.

Italy’s Formula 1 city of Imola has hosted Europe’s first multi-car race for fully autonomous cars. Five teams from the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) competed at the historic Imola circuit, with cars racing without steering wheels, pedals or even drivers. The teams represented Germany, Italy and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Even if the cars drive themselves, making them competitive still requires a team of humans capable of developing the best AI-driven racer. “The teams that come here are all about winning,” said Stephane Timpano, CEO of ASPIRE, the organisation behind the event. “They are scientists. They look…

That is seen, by AI companies such as Google-owned Deepmind, as one of the possible triggers for a scenario in which AI vastly exceeds human intelligence (known as artificial superintelligence) instead of just matching it (known as artificial general intelligence). “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon said in a follow-up post. Evan Hubinger, Anthropic’s staff lead on keeping the technology aligned with human goals and values, backed up Coxon claims in a follow-up post of his own, though he didn’t quit the company. “Jacob is correct here…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 11:02 GMT+2 According to reports in the Ukrainian press, once again no progress has been made in Ukraine’s EU accession process, after Hungarian diplomats declined to support the opening of new clusters at negotiations on Tuesday. Cluster 2 contains rules related to the EU’s internal market, while cluster 3 concerns competition regulations. Hungary did not exercise the same veto over Moldova, whose accession is being handled jointly with Ukraine, paving the way for cluster 3 to be opened on that front. However, the other member states do not want to change their earlier decision that Ukraine’s…

US Republicans open an extraordinary midterm convention in Dallas later on Wednesday betting that putting Donald Trump at the centre of their campaign can rescue a party facing grim election forecasts, despite the president’s deeply negative approval ratings. The two-day gathering, dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” is designed to persuade the Republican leader’s supporters that he is effectively on the ballot on 3 November, when Republicans risk losing the House of Representatives and face a fierce fight to retain the Senate. “So what I really want you to do is pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot,” Trump said recently at a rally…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 10:16 GMT+2•Updated 10:22 The front month contract on Brent crude, the international standard for oil prices, crossed $100 per barrel again on Wednesday morning while the US standard, WTI, hovered around $95. Prices have risen almost 20% since the middle of last week as fighting around the world’s most important oil chokepoint has once again intensified. It is also the first time since 23 July that oil has hit the $100 mark. US Central Command said its forces destroyed five Iranian tankers carrying crude oil on 8 September after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired ballistic missiles at…

Overtourism is a major problem for residents living in some of the world’s most popular destinations. Visiting in off-season, or opting to avoid the busiest neighbourhoods and sights, can help, but the best thing you can do is to just not visit these cities in the first place. That’s not to say you shouldn’t travel at all – on the contrary, you just need to choose your holiday spots wisely. Which is where Intrepid Travel’s annual “Not Hot List” comes in. First launched in 2018, the list puts the spotlight on under-the-radar alternatives and lesser-visited spots where your tourism money…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 9:18 GMT+2 Donald Trump has been busy lately, mostly focusing his energy on renaming things – specifically geographical locations. He has signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, following previous one changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Over the weekend, he also suggested renaming the state of New Mexico as New America, and in a recent AI slop posting rampage, claimed that the Moon was American. Yes, seriously. In light of his attempts to rename a gulf, a lake, a state and…

Despite these extensive ties, AfD leaders have sought to distance themselves from the Trump administration over concerns that the U.S. president’s unpopularity in Germany could turn into an electoral liability. AfD scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election on Sept. 6, winning 43.8 percent of the vote — more than twice its 2021 result. It grants the party 39 of the 83 seats in the state parliament, leaving it three seats short of an outright majority and raising the prospect of Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II. The right-wing party advocates a sharply restrictive immigration policy,…

The mass entry of around 80,000 migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco was a “hybrid attack” on an “external border of the European Union”, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya has told Euronews. The goal was to “use migration as a tool” to “weaken” the European Union at a time when migration is a “sensitive social issue”, the former minister added. Rabat’s potential role in orchestrating the border breach has come under the spotlight after leaked police reports suggested Moroccan security forces could have played a role in facilitating the incident. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez…